The first Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ever made by a senior UK diplomat

Simon Collis, the UK envoy to Riyadh, was pictured dressed in the white robes worn by pilgrims, along with his wife Huda Mujarkech.

The image was tweeted by Fawziah Albakr from King Saud University. She wrote: “The first British ambassador to the Kingdom leads the pilgrimage after his conversion to Islam with his wife Mrs Huda in Mecca. Praise be to Allah.”